The most unforgiving effects of winter will continue to be felt this Wednesday in Canada, particularly in the west of the country.
Heavy snow is expected to fall across large areas of southern British Columbia and parts of southern Alberta.
For the territory from Vancouver Island to the Alberta border, further east, Environment Canada has issued a series of snowfall warnings, announcing an accumulation of 10 to 20 centimeters. The Vancouver area rarely receives such snow accumulations.
Moreover, Vancouver Mayor Ken Simm issued a press release indicating that an extreme weather alert was in effect until Thursday. He added that additional shelters and warming centers have been opened.
Extreme cold continues to be a problem in northern Alberta, where daily minimum temperatures are expected to hover around 40 degrees Celsius below zero for the remainder of the week.
Very cold temperatures are also forecast for southern Ontario. Icy conditions extend from Windsor to just north of Toronto, with wind chill values feeling like minus 30.
Further east, most of New Brunswick, the Côte-Nord region and the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, as well as Newfoundland, are under various winter storm and wind warnings.
From Rimouski to Gaspé, as well as on the Lower North Shore, around thirty centimeters of snow are expected, but the snow will be less abundant in the south of the peninsula, along Chaleur Bay.
In the Wreckhouse region of Newfoundland and Labrador, southeasterly winds could reach 140 kilometers per hour.